Musaceae
Musa

Musa sikkimensis Kurz

First published in J. Agric. Soc. India, n.s., 5: 164 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sikkim to N. Myanmar. It is a herbaceous tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Häkkinen, M. & Väre, H. (2008). Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes. Adansonia, III, 30: 63-112.
  • Tanaka, N. & al. (2018). Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar I: Nine taxa of monocots newly recorded from Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natature and Science, Tokyo, Series B (Botany) 44: 31-39.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence. [Cited as Musa × paradisiaca 'Sikkimensis'.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Tanaka, N. & al. (2018). Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar I: Nine taxa of monocots newly recorded from Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natature and Science, Tokyo, Series B (Botany) 44: 31-39.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1993 Gamble, J.S. [9917], India K000782743 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 92], India 18866.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 79], India 19026.000 Unknown type material No
Hooker, J.D., India 32145.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0